Apple Seeds iOS 11.4 Beta 6 to Developers

Today, Apple officially seeded the sixth developer beta of iOS 11.4. As is par for the course with these types of beta seeds, the new software is available to developers who have registered for the developer program, and it can be downloaded and installed via Apple’s dedicated developer site, or as an over-the-air (OTA) update on devices that have already had their configuration profiles approved.

It is not known what is new in this latest beta. However, in a previous beta, Apple added AirPlay 2 features back into the mix, so Apple devices can be listed within the Home app again. In addition, stereo support for the HomePod is supported, but it isn’t working yet. The HomePod needs a subsequent update for this feature to work. Messages in iCloud support is also coming back into the fold.

This upcoming software comes just a short while after Apple publicly released iOS 11.3, which brought with it ARKit 1.5, new Animoji, the battery health feature for iOS devices, and more. As a result, it is likely that iOS 11.4 does not bear any major forward facing features for the end user, and is more than likely meant to address behind-the-scenes issues, especially any that might have cropped up since the public launch of iOS 11.3 last week.